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From moms that rock the volunteer scene to moms who always know the right thing to say, dozens of entries into Patch's "Why My Mom is Best" contest warmed our hearts and made us smile.

Kids screamed for their parents and parents hollered their children's names, walking and searching in panic in the parking lot of Briarwood Elementary in Moore, Oklahoma, Monday.

As the 3-kilometre-wide tornado carved a path of destruction toward Moore, Henry De La Cruz said his wife drove to Plaza Towers Elementary School to pick up their 5-year-old daughter, Isabelle.

Three teenagers were arrested Sunday night on armed robbery charges after allegedly assaulting and robbing a 16-year-old Halifax boy outside Pine Tree Gardens apartment complex on Chestnut Street, according to Foxborough police logs.

Parents and guardians of children whose elementary schools were damaged in the deadly tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City area are hoping for happy reunions.

An Associated Press photographer saw several children being pulled out of what was left of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on Monday after a massive tornado hit the region.

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A conservative group is raising hackles in sunny California by urging parents to keep their children home from school this Wednesday on Harvey Milk Day, commemorating the first openly gay lawmaker.

Boys with ADHD may be at risk for obesity later in life, according to a new study -- which, if confirmed in larger studies, may have implications for more than 4 million kids in the United States living with the disorder.

The state of Ohio has received a $2.1 million federal grant to improve criminal background checks for those home health care workers who directly serve the disabled and elderly.

ANXIOUS children will soon have a dedicated unit at Southend Hospital 's A&E department to protect them from upsetting sights while waiting for medical attention.

The following story was provided by AOLJobs.com By David Schepp Getting a summer job is a rite of passage for many young people.

Jenni Smith of Fort Wayne watches as her son Lane Smith, 3, tries out a quill pen at Saturday's Fiber Arts Festival at Salomon Farm Park.

Information provided by Three Rivers Park District . Preschool Drop-off: Kits & Cubs: Pond Life Monday, May 20, from 1-3 p.m., at Lowry Nature Center, in Carver Park Reserve, Victoria.

A 75-year-old resident of a New Jersey senior citizen housing complex is suspected of running a prostitution ring that employed some elderly residents as sex workers, NBC 4 New York reports .

PARENTS are being urged to check their children's health records and take immediate action if they have not had two doses of MMR vaccine, to help prevent a measles epidemic in Gwent.

Barking dogs rushed through the gates to splash in the newly filled swimming pools with waterfalls on "Swim Park Grand Re-Opening Day" May 10 at one of Middletown's most bucolic dog kennels, located on a horse farm in Chapel Hill.

Gordon County Board of Education Chair William Tyner received unanimous approval from board members Monday for the appointment of Bobby Hall to take the place of recently resigned board member Scott Williams.

Comedian Lucy Porter is returning to the stage after a two-year break and will be taking her tour to Teddington's Landmark Arts Centre this month.

A YMCA camp in western Wisconsin has been cleaned after more than 50 children from a Minnesota school district were sickened with norovirus.